It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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